Grant County, WI has a population of 51,723 people with a median age of 36 and a median household income of $49,077. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Grant County, WI grew from 51,489 to 51,723, a 0.45% increase and its median household income grew from $49,067 to $49,077, a 0.02% increase.

The population of Grant County, WI is 95.5%White, 1.42%Hispanic, and 1.37%Black. 4.19% of the people in Grant County, WI speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Grant County, WI is $135,400, and the homeownership rate is 70.6%. Most people in Grant County, WI commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 19.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Grant County, WI is 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Grant County, WI is $49,077. Males in Grant County, WI have an average income that is 1.23 times higher than the average income of females, which is $39,191. The income inequality of Grant County, WI (measured using the Gini index) is 0.442 which is lower than the national average.

Households in Grant County, WI have a median annual income of $49,077, which is less than the median annual income in the United States. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Grant County, WI compares to that in it's parent locations.

In 2016, the census tract with the highest Median Household Income in Grant County, WI was Census Tract 612 with a value of $58,173, followed by Census Tract 608 and Census Tract 606, with respective values of $56,855 and $55,541.

The following map shows all of the census tracts in Grant County, WI colored by their Median Household Income.

15.3% of the population in Grant County, WI (47,811 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 14%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Male 18-24, followed by Female 18-24 and then Female 75+.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Grant County, WI is White, followed by Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

From 2015 to 2016, employment in Grant County, WI grew at a rate of 0.47%, from 26,157 employees to 26,279 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Grant County, WI, are Manufacturing, Retail trade, and Healthcare & Social Assistance. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Grant County, WI, though some of these residents may live in Grant County, WI and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Grant County, WI. In Grant County, WI the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 50 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $7,214. Milwaukee County, WI has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Wisconsin.

The closest comparable data for the county of Grant County, WI is from the public use microdata area of Grant, Green, Iowa, Richland & Lafayette Counties PUMA, WI.

6-17

Male Majority

6-17

Female Majority

Grant County, WI residents 6-17 years of age are the largest age group with Healthcare Coverage in Wisconsin. The age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, for men and women respectively. Nationally, 6-17 (for men) and 6-17 (for women) are the age groups most likely to have coverage.

Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Grant County, WI were $7,214 in 2014, but $7,074 in 2013. These numbers represent a 1.98% growth during that year. Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Grant County, WI are $$2,374 less than the national average.

Medicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Grant County, WI compared to national reimburesments.

Medicare enrollees between the ages of 65 and 75 that have had treatment related to their diabetes and been categorized with the racial labels, either Black or non-Black, from the Dartmouth Atlas.

In 2014, the Medicare enrollees in Grant County, WI between the ages of 65 and 75 had 403 eye exams, 491 hemoglobin tests, and 416 lipid tests as part of their diabetes care. Here is a breakdown of each test by race as a percentage of enrollees with diabetes.

Female Medicare enrollees between the ages of 67 and 69 that have been classified with the racial labels, either Black or non-Black, from the Dartmouth Atlas.

In 2014, out of the 432 women in Grant County, WI between the ages of 67 and 69 enrolled in medicare, 290 had mammograms. This chart looks at the change in percentage of Black and non-Black Medicare enrollees who had mammograms from 2010 to 2014.

West Virginia has a Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted) value of 43.4, followed by New Hampshire with 35.8 and Ohio with 32.9. The following map shows all of the states colored according to their Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted).

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Menominee County, WI has a Diabetes Prevalence value of 13.9%, the highest value of any county in Wisconsin. This represents a 20.6% decline from the previous year, which had a value of 17.5%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Wisconsin colored according to their Diabetes Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Menominee County, WI has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 35.7%, the highest value of any county in Wisconsin. This represents a 11.2% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 32.1%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Wisconsin colored according to their Adult Smoking Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Milwaukee County, WI has a Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People of 11.1, the highest rate of any county in Wisconsin. This represents a 8.82% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 10.2.

The following map shows all of the counties in Wisconsin colored according to the number of Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People.

Grant County, WI is home to a population of 51,723 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Grant County, WI is composed of 49,390White residents (95.5%), 733Hispanic residents (1.42%), 710Black residents (1.37%), 378Two+ residents (0.73%), and 373Asian residents (0.72%). The most common foreign languages in Grant County, WI are Other West Germanic (649 speakers), Spanish (529 speakers), and German (522 speakers), but compared to other places, Grant County, WI has a relative high number of Other West Germanic (649 speakers), German (522 speakers), and Scandinavian (18 speakers).

In 2016, the median age of all people in Grant County, WI was 36. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 36.1, were generally older than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 34.6. But people in Grant County, WI are getting getting younger. In 2015, the average age of all Grant County, WI residents was 36.1.

As of 2016, 99% of Grant County, WI residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2015, the percentage of US citizens in Grant County, WI was 99%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining in that location.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Grant County, WI compared to it's parent geographies.

In 2016, there were 67.4 times more White residents (49,390 people) in Grant County, WI than any other race or ethnicity. There were 733Hispanic and 710Black residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Grant County, WI as a share of the total population.

2,209 of Grant County, WI citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.1%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Grant County, WI was Other West Germanic. 1.25% of the overall population of Grant County, WI are native Other West Germanic speakers. 1.02% speak Spanish and 1.01% speak German, the next two most common languages.

When compared to other counties, Grant County, WI has a relatively high number of residents that are native Other West Germanic speakers. In 2015, there were 649 native Other West Germanic speakers living in Grant County, WI, approximately 12.83 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.

In 2015 universities in Grant County, WI awarded 2,434 degrees. The student population of Grant County, WI is skewed away from females, with 1,253 male students and 1,181 female students. Most students in Grant County, WI are White (2,268 and 93.2%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (38 and 1.56%), Black or African American (34 and 1.4%), and Asian (27 and 1.11%). The largest universities in Grant County, WI by number of graduates are University of Wisconsin-Platteville (1,674 and 68.8%), Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (760 and 31.2%), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Grant County, WI are General Business Administration & Management (190 and 7.81%), Criminal Justice - Safety Studies (142 and 5.83%), and Mechanical Engineering (136 and 5.59%). The median tuition costs in Grant County, WI are N/A for private four year colleges, and $6,418 and $14,268 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in Grant County, WI were White. These 2,268 graduates mean that there were 59.7 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 38 graduates.

The median property value in Grant County, WI is $135,400, which is 0.66 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $133,200 to $135,400, a 1.65% increase. The homeownership rate of Grant County, WI is 70.6%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Grant County, WI have an average commute time of 19.1 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Grant County, WI is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$49,077

Median Household Income

±$1,320

19,353

Number of Households

±233

In 2016, the median household income of the 19,353 households in Grant County, WI grew to $49,077 from the previous year's value of $49,067.

The following chart displays the households in Grant County, WI distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75-$100k range.

In 2016, the median property value in Grant County, WI grew to $135,400 from the previous year's value of $133,200.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Grant County, WI compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Grant County, WI the largest share of households have a property value in the $100k-$125k range.

This chart shows the households in Grant County, WI distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Grant County, WI the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The following chart displays the households in Grant County, WI distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Grant County, WI have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.

Using averages, employees in Grant County, WI have a shorter commute time (19.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (25 minutes). Additionally, 2.35% of the workforce in Grant County, WI have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows the average travel time in Grant County, WI compared to its parent geographies.